A transfer of knowledge and technology for investigating gender-based inappropriate social interactions in the Metaverse

The META-TOO proposal underscores the knowledge and skills transfer from two distinguished European institutions, INRIA and IDIBAPS, each renowned for its research contributions in the digital forefront, to the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece, serving as the coordinating institution representing a Widening country (Greece). Specifically, both INRIA (The French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation) and IDIBAPS (Fundaci de Recerca Clnic Barcelona in Spain) have earned global recognition for their outstanding contributions to Extended Reality (XR) research. It is precisely within this domain that we have elected to focus the support of INRIA and IDIBAPS (henceforth called mentors) for the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (coordinator), with a concerted effort aimed at reinforcing research management and administrative competencies, alongside enhancing research and innovation capabilities.